How fast the year goes by...it’s the Christmas season again! It’s time to get in the kitchen and start baking and pull out the crafting supplies to make decorations and presents...so use our ideas from the Gooseberry Patch 2011 Christmas Bookazine to help check off your gift list!

Whip up a Ruffled Half Apron for that favorite teacher or a Woodland Candles for your outdoorsy friends. When you make the Banana Supreme Pie for that special neighbor, go a step further and give it in a découpaged Pie Carrier. We even remembered the birds by offering a Hanging Log Feeder for feathered friends.

Wow your dinner guests with such dishes as Cranberry-Glazed Ham and Prize-Winning Pineapple-Cheddar Bake and end with a grand finale of Hot Fudge Spoon Cake. Make the Slow-Cooker Lasagna on a day that you don’t have time to spend in the kitchen but want your food to taste like you did. Be sure to taste other tried & true favorites like Grandma Mary’s Shortbread and Graham Cracker Fudge...both are perfect for your neighborhood cookie swap or for enjoying at home by the fire. Softcover; 96 pages. (8" x 10-3/4")